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(Style villous at base, Guss.) Stigma violet. 

 Scwpe 6 in. to ifeet, hollow. Scales and Brads 

 lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate, witli long acu- 

 men, nearly equalling corolla. Smell agreeable. 

 a. 4-6. On Viciem, Hgperica, Calendula'. 

 Guss. describes the lower Lip as bigibboics ; 

 Reuter, or rather Koch, says that the middle 

 lobe is twice as large as the others : neither 

 of ivhich I find true in Eomati specimens. 

 Query if different species. 



9. speciosa. Sep. or Segm. lineari-lan- 

 ceolate. Cor. very broad campanulate. Back 

 nearly straight. Margin denticulate. Upper 

 Lip 3-lobed ; the middle lobe of the lower 

 largest. Stamens with short scattered hairs 

 at base. Lobes of Stigma spherical. Scape 

 and Bracts covered with white, czirled, glan- 

 dular hairs. Bracts nearly equalling corolla. 

 Differs from O. pruinosa in having larger 

 flowers, of one colour, and larger and nearly 

 entire sepals. Toulon. {Query if the same 

 as pallidiflora of Wimm. and Grab. — Reutee.) 



10. caryophyllacea. Sep. usually cloven, 

 contiguous in front or connate. Segm. trian- 

 gulari-subulate, acuminate. Tube of Cor. fun- 

 nel-shaped. Margin somewhat denticulate. 

 Upper Lip sharply curved ; the sides porrect. 

 Stamens hauy nearly their whole length, stig- 

 ma, pzirple, without a margin. Scape 4-12 in., 

 liollow. Scales ovato-lanceolate, regularly 

 nerved. Bracts ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 somewhat shorter than corolla, p. 5-7. On 

 Galia and Trifolium repens. Has an agree- 

 able smell of cloves. 



/3. Ligustri, Godk. Stigma yellow. 



11. Teucrii. Sep. cloven, contiguous in 

 front or connate. Segm. lanceolate. Co- 

 rolla campanulato-tubulose, yelloivish at base, 

 straight on the back. Margin somewhat den- 

 ticulate. Upper Lip bent down, hairy within, 

 margin spreading ; Div. of lower nearly quad- 

 rangular, separated by a broad, obtuse sinus. 

 Stamens hairy to middle, and with some glan- 

 dular hairs above. Style white, at last purple. 

 Stigma minutely tubercled, bloody brown, p. 

 or a. 6. On Teucrium, Thymus, and Bromus. 

 TV. G. Sw. 



1 2. Epithymum. Sep. ovate, with a long, 

 subulate acumen. Cor. campanulate, eveuly 

 arched on the back. Margin toothed. Upper 

 Lip 2-lobed, glandular on both sides (the 

 hairs seated on a minute tubercle, Koch) ; 

 lower lip very wide, the lobes widely separated 

 by an inflated protuberance. Fil. with scat- 

 tered hairs at the base, sometimes smooth. 



Stigma dark pui-ple (sometimes yellow, Go- 

 beon), without a raised margin. Plant of a 

 dingy yellow stained with p?irple. Scent at 

 first agreeable, afterwards unpleasant. Scape 

 2-10 inches, hollow. Brads lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, shorter than corolla, p. 6, 7- On 

 Thymus and Satureja. m. and s. Eur. 



18. Scabiosae. Sep. or Segm. attenuate 

 into a subulate point on an ovate base. Cor. 

 campanulate, ochraceous and purple, arched on 

 the back. Margin acutely toothed. Upper 

 Lip vnth short, scattered, glandular hairs on 

 both sides (each seated on a dark tubercle, 

 Koch). FU. with scattered hairs below. 

 Style nearly smooth. Stigma dingy purple. 

 p. 6. On Scabiosa and Carduus. Alps. Bif- 

 fers also from 0. Epithymum hi its taller and 

 thicker, and connivent, not arcuato-descendent, 

 anthers, and in the dingy purple colour of the 

 whole flant. 



14. pallidiilora. Sep. broadly ovate, sud- 

 denly contracted into a subulate acumen. Cor. 

 campanulate, nearly straight, bent down at top, 

 yellowish with red veins. Margin acutely 

 denticulate, with glandular hairs on both sides, 

 each seated on a yellowish tubercle. Fil. with 

 scattered hairs below, p. 6. Differs from the 

 preceding in the Sep., the colour of the Fl., 

 and the yellow tubercles of the hairs. 



15. fuli^inosa. Sep. or Segm. with a 

 long subulate acumen on a somewhat ovate 

 base. Cor. campanulate, nearly straight on 

 the back, purplish-brown. Margin obtusely 

 denticulate. Lobes of upper Lip porrect; of 

 lower ovate, acuminate, p. On Cineraria 

 maritima. I. of Hyeres. 



16. Avellanse. Sep. touching or united 

 in front, cloven and vrith a tooth in front. 

 Segm. lanceolate, acute. Cor. tubuloso-cam- 

 panulate. Margin somewhat denticulate, and 

 fringed vrith glands. Lobes of upper Lip 

 spreading. Fil. with a dense line of hairs, p. 

 On Corylus. Prague. Not noticed by Koch. 



17. Alexandri. Sep. undivided, ovate or 

 ovato-lanceolate, acuminate. Cor. " non can- 

 strida," Guss. Margin denticulate. Style 

 hairy at base. Stigma somewhat glandular. 

 Scales ovato-lanceolate. Bracts ovato-lanceo- 

 late, shorter than corolla. Smell pleasant. 

 a. 4, 5. Sic. Differs from 0. pruinosa in the 

 shape and entireness of the sepals, and in the 

 shortness of the glojulular hairs. 



ft Tilaments smooth at the base. 



18. major. Sep. contiguous or united in 



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